I want to get a 100 gallon tank for my living room, i want to know how much am i going to be looking at. i can get the tank for 200 i dont know if thats a good price or not.

wake49

09-27-2008 08:09 AM

I have a 46 gallon bowfront, and I have spent around $2400 so far and still counting:

I am in the process of buying a $500 HQI combo light fixture (and that is my LFS guy being kind and giving it to me at wholesale).
I am spending another $250 for my overflow and pump, w/ plumbing.
And I have yet to buy all the corals I want.

This figure discludes all the regular maintenance for a tank, such as buying food and salt mix and supplements.

Is that 100 gallon reef ready? (pre-drilled for overflow?) I think this is the way I would have gone if I researched it a little better...but a pre-filter will have to do...

I am not trying to discourage you at all. But 100 gallons is over twice as many as 46, and coming up on the $3k mark, I feel like I need another $3000 easy. If you are patient and work from week to week (unless you have an infinite fish budget) then this could work for you.